Outside the Beltway

The Senate GOP’s effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act is headed for a bumpy ride.

The Senate is back from its recess, but no closer to a health care bill that has any realistic chance of passing.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

Donald Trump is the most unpopular incoming President in more than eighty years.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

Nearly 200 Members of Congress and the Senate have filed suit against President Trump alleging that he is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

For the fifth time in fifty years, Puerto Ricans will vote tomorrow on a referendum on statehood, but it’s not likely to have any impact on the island’s current status.

Great Britain heads to the polls today.

Congress is running out of time in its effort to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

Greg Gianforte assaulted a reporter. Now he’s going to Congress, but the outcome of the election really shouldn’t be a surprise.

The latest CBO score for the American Health Care Act is bad news for Republicans.

The Republican candidate in today’s Special Election in Montana has been charged with assaulting a reporter.

An important redistricting decision was handed down by the Supreme Court today.

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

Even with the revelations of the last three weeks, impeaching the President is still largely a fantasy.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the American Health Care Act.

The American Health Care Act may have sailed through the House, but the Senate is another story.

Once again, the GOP punts on ‘repeal and replace’ because they don’t have the votes.

Faced with the fact that it has little to show for its first 100 days in office, the Trump Administration is pressuring Congress to come up with a new health care reform bill before the end of next week.

Democrats came close to picking up what has been a solidly Republican seat for nearly forty years but ended up falling short. Instead, we’ll have a runoff in two months.

Donald Trump has basically declared war on the people who blocked the AHCA from passing last week.

A major legislative defeat for Paul Ryan, the House GOP, and President Trump.

The Trump Administration has issued an ultimatum, but the fate of the American Health Care Act is still very much up in the air.

With a vote tentatively scheduled for this evening, House Republicans appear to lack the votes to pass the American Health Care Act.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

At Congressional town halls across the country, there are signs of what could turn into a movement that would cause real headaches for the GOP in future elections.

With repeal of the Affordable Care Act now likely sooner rather than later, key Republicans are urging the party to have a replacement in place before repeal is voted on.

The new leader of the Senate’s Democrats says he regrets supporting the filibuster reforms his party passed in 2013.

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

Impeachment fantasies are the new EC fantasy.

Beginning late this morning, the Electors in each of the states will meet to carry out their Constitutional function. Despite the drama accompanying this year’s election, there’s likely to be far less drama than some people seem to be hoping for.

Wherein a law professor makes the absurd argument that the Electoral College, which exists pursuant to the Constitution, is unconstitutional.

These are the possible outcomes (both probable and improbable).

Congressional term limits are a good idea, but they are only a partial solution at best and may not be the best solution to the problems facing our political system.

An unsurprising win in the Pelican State.

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

Reports of the demise of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

Some Hillary Clinton supporters have a foolish and unworkable “plan” to steal Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. They should abandon it.

Despite resentments, power will transition peacefully from President Obama to President Trump. We should be thankful for that rather than protesting it.

My predictions for the House and Senate.

Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.

A look at the Electoral College shows that It is far more likely that Hillary Clinton will win the election than that Donald Trump will.